Hey hey chicos, alfin lo logramos, con una gran amabilidad de nuestro amigo alan, decidio usar su myspace un rato y contarnos mas sobre como funciona su proyecto vega asi como su vida y su opinion de la musica, al entrevista esta en ingles con algunas partes en español.
las preguntas estan en verde y sus respuestas en blanco.
Hello, Alan Yo.
how are you? Quite well! Thank you for asking.
fine, so how "vega" project borned? Well, shortly after leaving my previous project Ghosthustler, I began to revisit some song ideas that never fully developed because of sound restraints or creative differences. Now that I was in a position to find a new sound palette to work with, I played around with a more layered style until I found something expressive and honest to me. I pretty much spent the summer cultivating the concept for VEGA in terms of where I wanted to go musically. At the time I became infatuated with a lot of space imagery and wanted to make music that evoked that. Not necessarily to sing about it, but to work with sounds or melodies that had their own narrative qualities. Preferably in the context of Pop music.
why did you choose the name "vega"? Well it kind of came naturally. Its the name of a star in the constellation Lyra. I figured it blended well with the concept of space influenced pop jams.
do you have a routine or process to make your music? It varies with songs. I have a ton of unfinished tracks that will generally sit untouched for a very long time until my ears are fresh and I get a solid idea. When I start going though, I can have most of the song done in a matter of days. Hooks usually just come to me. But the hard part is writing everything leading up to it. If I try to force it, I'll get sick of the song and have to start over. I also try listen to all sorts of music to maintain a clear palette.
have music or artistic influences? Specifically with the VEGA project, I'd have to say Tangerine Dream, Todd Rundgren, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and Telex. Stuff that isn't necessarily dance music, but has interesting synthetic sounds or textures and still retains a pop aesthetic. More recent artists I've been digging have been the collaborations of Alan Braxe and Fred Falke.
Austin is a city of many musical movements nowdays, how this "new-rave" or "retro" scene is there? Austin seems to have a very loyal, organized electro scene. I moved here not too long ago and it was refreshing to see people going nuts for dance music in general. There's a lot of different kinds of electronic musicians here. It makes for killer weekends, haha.
whats your opinion of the world music scene nowdays?Its interesting that the internet has found a world-wide audience for new electronic music. It seems like a lot of Proto-genres are rapidly starting and things like myspace are linking artists together and forging alliances. The great thing about this is that a few years ago, DJs and producers who normally don't tour would have never had the backing to go out and expand their listeners. The only downside it that it seems like electro in particular is becoming over-saturated with too many remixes and mediocre tracks because its also inspired a lot of lazy producers who seek quick attention.
what do you think of Mexico?Soy de Monterrey. Me encanta! Trato de visitar lo mas possible. youtube "Jorge Palomo". Mi mayor influencia. ; )
do you have projects in the future (music)?Definitely have a few things planned. I recently finished vocals for the upcoming Miami Horror single off his EP due in November. I've been working mainly on an EP with 4 tracks including All Too Vivid. The release is still tentative but we're hoping to have it out by early January. I'm also collaborating with Kill The Noise on a single for his new Label. Just trying to stay busy and prepare for touring. Hopefully I'll play Mexico in the near future!
"Thanks"
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